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Suggesting evil and guilt from a silly photo is just as bad as all the recriminations CJ had to suffer because he had long comb over hair. It's not far removed from 'trial by ordeal' of the middle ages.

Suggesting evil and guilt from a silly photo is just as bad as all the recriminations CJ had to suffer because he had long comb over hair. It's not far removed from 'trial by ordeal' of the middle ages.

Who suggested the picture meant evil or guilt , where did you get that from, I would be interested to know. I know the police had commented on the photo though. Perhaps it gives a clue to his psyche.

@Kingfisher This is an old suggestion of guilt and evil, The Shadow. First started when VT's facebook picture was released. Laughable and it just goes to show how easily some people can be influenced. Scary really.

@Kingfisher This is an old suggestion of guilt and evil, The Shadow. First started when VT's facebook picture was released. Laughable and it just goes to show how easily some people can be influenced. Scary really.

I don't really think people are influenced they can think for themselves just like you are. I could consider your opinion on this as scary influenced and laughable but unlike you I wouldn't do that unless I was sure.
It was more than scary for poor Jo, and the callous way her body was found on Christmas day and if this does turn out to be a factor in this case I don't think it will be so laughable then, do you.

No matter what it is or isn't, discussion of same will reduce the effectiveness of this thread by allowing a single issue to dominate, one on which there will always be disagreement, and about which, in the long run, not much may be said to depend.

I'm neither for nor against the notion of profile picture-as-signifier; what I want to stop is the back-and-forth pettiness of the discourse about it. A repetitive "yes it is" v. "no it isn't" is hardly the language of good sleuthing.

Hunt for clues to identify skeleton
9 hrs ago on This is Bristol Filton News
POLICE are trawling through 1,200 cases of missing women as they try to identify the skeleton found on wasteland in Avonmouth last week. So far detectives have eliminated about 900 of those and work is continuing on the remaining cases from across the country to see if there are links to the body. The remains were found on overgrown land at what used to be the Sevalco chemical plant off Severn Road last Monday.

Police have identified the human remains found at Avonmouth earlier this month as Lorraine Sweetman from Bristol.

Those regulars here know more than all the press reports. way too many to mention; I'm not going to enter a dispute and argument over my personal beliefs. Nor will I accept that I'm wrong to believe as much. To ME ... in my view .... VT is so very evidently "the man behind this" and ..... yep - they eventually got him; he's now locked up and society is well safe from the man.

WE WILL SEE AND HEAR VERY TELLING EVIDENCE as the trial unfolds. Big time. It may shock some - so ... hang on to your seat-belts and hats. It's truly not a pretty story. Sometimes a handsome, intelligent, good-looking, athletic, aspiring, healthy and good sporty young man commits a heinous crime. To avoid a cat-spat ... I'm leaving yah all to it and ............. going to return to the sidelines .... and (just) watch.

If, and when ... perhaps .... I'm wrong .... I'll dive in with both feet.

However ..... methinks they have the right man. Anything else is .... an illusion ...

Innocent until proven guilty I know, but I do tend to think they must have a huge amount of evidence against VT, not just that he is the neighbour and has/had a shadow pic on his fb profile but very incriminating evidence for him to be charged.

Thanks for that , she must have been about 44 when she went missing so not the usual type of young victim that has been in the news lately. I wonder how much information they would give out about this case anyway considering recent and past events in Bristol.
Sergeant Bob Baker said: "At this stage we do not believe this death is suspicious however an investigation is still ongoing and we are keeping an open mind.